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WALTER A TASHNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 29, 1945 – November 15, 1967
Service recordWalter A Tashner, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 102
- WILLIAM DONN PETERSENPlatoon Sergeant · November 15, 1967
- DONALD LAWRENCE RICHARDSPrivate First Class · November 15, 1967
- JOHNNY ALLEN SIGURDSONSecond Lieutenant · November 15, 1967
- OTIS THOMAS SMITHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT P CASPERSEN IISpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 98
- ORVILLE CAUDILLSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 99
- DAVID IRA HARNERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 100
- WILLIAM GEORGE NUEBEL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 101
- WILLIAM DONN PETERSENPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 102
- JOHNNY ALLEN SIGURDSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 29E, Line 102
- ROBERT ALLEN WELLER IICorporal · Panel 29E, Line 103
- FRANK A WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 103
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.